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theosophy
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s (implied in theosophical ), "knowledge of divine things obtained through mystic study," from Medieval Latin theosophia (c.880), from Late Greek theosophia (c.500) "wisdom concerning God or things divine," from Greek theosophos "one wise about God," ...
Wikipedia
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Theosophy is a collection of mystical and occultist philosophies concerning, or seeking direct knowledge of, the presumed mysteries of life and nature, particularly of the nature of divinity and the origin and purpose of the universe. Theosophy is considered ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Theosophy \The*os"o*phy\, n. [Gr. ? knowledge of things divine, fr. ? wise in the things of God; ? God + ? wise: cf. F. th['e]osophie.] Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context philosophy religion English) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible. ...
WordNet
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n. belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Usage examples of theosophy.
But the mere fact that the Misses Tripp have adopted with enthusiasm Christian Science, vegetarianism, theosophy and spiritualism does not really constitute a damning indictment of those subjects!
Theosophy and kindred cults have gone farther, since Pantheism itself must go farther.
I formed the acquaintance of Madame Blavant, the renowned Professoress of Spiritualism and Theosophy.
No one can follow the theosophic religion of the West without recognizing how largely Western Theosophy avails itself of Western science and informs itself with what Christianity has given to the West.
Without being in any way connected with the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, in many cases they permit it to be inferred that they are, thus misleading the public, and many honest inquirers are hence led away from the truths of Theosophy as presented by H.
It occurred to me that my lifelong tramps through the landscapes of philosophy had set Aaron off in the direction of counterphilosophy, of Scientology and Theosophy and Anthroposophy and the other occult sciences he favored.
Everybody knows all about the Pythagorean craze, its rise in Boston, its rapid spread, and its subsequent consolidation with mental and Christian science, theosophy, hypnotism, the Salvation Army, the Shakers, the Dunkards, and the mind-cure cult, upon a business basis.
Ushogbo, the only Cardinal to disappear, the only Cardinal without a biological parent, the only one originator of the theosophy that Tennys admired so much.
At this time a wave of interest in spiritualistic charlatanry, mediumism, Hindoo theosophy, and such matters, much like that of the present day, was flourishing.
It had been a long journey, from those two years in India through Transcendental Meditation, Theosophy.
It was not even that she particularly resented having to spout all that pseudo-religious drivel about the Cascade that some Trippers wanted to hear, the old theosophy of Ushogbo that had served the Cardinals so well during the Great Dying.